H2 - Interaction with other marine users
H - Marine Planning and Governance
Challenges/Opportunities
Need to reduce potential for conflict with other marine sectors.
Solution
Use of Marine Spatial Planning framework
Context and Need
There is a need to reduce potential for conflict with other marine sectors. Exploring technology / skills synergies across all renewables and engaging with the oil & gas industries. Also exploring common learning from conflict resolution, marine spatial planning, insurance and co-location (with MPAs, fishing industry, aquaculture/ mariculture).
Summary
ORE operates in the marine environment alongside other users and there is potentially a conflict for resource, marine space and infrastructure. Better understanding of the requirements, and of complementary and competing users will be necessary for rational spatial planning.
Impact Potential
The potential impact of reducing the non-technical barriers to ORE development are to lower costs of CAPEX and OPEX in ORE significantly and to accelerate the development of the ORE industry, in harmony with other marine users.
Research Summary
Marine spatial planning is now operational at governance level via the Marine Plan and Marine (Scotland) Plan.
- INSITE Programme: Influence of man-made Structures
- Maritime Alliance for fostering the European Blue Economy through a Marine Technology Skilling Strategy (MATES)